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How This Year’s Emmys Nominees Highlight LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in a Fresh, Important Way

From Bowen Yang to Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor, this year's Emmys set a new standard for inclusion

Past nominees like Bowen Yang (“Saturday Night Live”), Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”) and Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”) are joined by first-timers like Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer (“Fellow Travelers”), Andrew Scott (“Ripley”) and Lily Gladstone (“Under the Bridge”). And Gunning and Mau join Gladstone, who uses she/they pronouns, and “True Detective: Night Country” star Kali Reis, who identifies as two-spirit, in the best supporting actress in a limited series category. (Her liaison with a politically conservative golfer, played by Christina Hendricks, made for one of the season’s outright funniest set pieces, as Ava realizes there are some places she isn’t willing to go for lust.)

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